PHILADELPHIA – Flyers captain Claude Giroux patted a male police officer on the fanny one too many times inside at Ottawa bar Tuesday night, then was hauled away in handcuffs to spend a night alone inside a jail cell.

The 6 x 8 cell included a cot and toilet, and depending on how drunk Giroux was during his one-night stay that ended Wednesday morning with no charges being filed, the two-time All-Star center may or may not have received a late-night snack.

Giroux, 26, was arrested around 9 p.m. Tuesday after reportedly grabbing an officer’s buttocks, being told to stop and then doing it again at The Great Canadian Cabin, a bar in the ByWard section of downtown.

Tuesday was Canada Day, a national holiday for Canadian that celebrating going from being three British colonies to a country on July 1, 1867.

Ottawa police issued a statement saying seven people had been arrested for excessive Canada Day, but Giroux’s name wasn’t released because charges weren’t filed. Alcohol did play a part in Giroux's arrest, the Ottawa Sun reported.

“We can’t confirm or deny that it was Mr. Giroux because there were no charges filmed, and this is per policy,” Benoit said.

Benoit did provide a scenario of what typically happens when someone is arrested for public drunkenness or getting locked up for doing something stupid like Giroux reportedly did.

“Anybody that’s being arrested and is being processed through an investigation is brought to our headquarters, which is on Elgin Street,” the officer said. “He is processed through calling a lawyer either overnight or in the morning through the investigators that need to interview him. And this is what happened with the person that we arrested yesterday.”

“When you’re talking about the Byward Market, you’re looking at not even a 5-minute drive,” Benoit said. “Our station isn’t considered downtown, but it’s right beside downtown.”

Thus far, no mug shot photo of Giroux has appeared, and according to the constable, mug shots and/or fingerprinting may not have occurred.

"It depends on the investigation," the constable said. "If no charges are being laid because of the information, then, no, the individual won’t be fingerprinted and have a mug shot taken. So it’s possible that the individual didn’t have a mug shot."

Whatever the case, Giroux was set free Wednesday morning with shame and embarrassment.